A place where beginners can participate, ask questions, and post their views. However, beginners typically ask a lot of questions about sources, tricks, books, and so on. In fact, all magicians are interested (or should be) in the provenance of tricks, ideas, and related matters. This department will service these needs.

I agree with the above lists so I won't be redundant with my own list, but I have to say that Drawing Room Deceptions by Guy Hollingsworth is one of my faorite. The magic is strong, the writing clever, and the illustrations/layout are beautiful and elegant.

[QUOTaking the historical significance aspect out this list, I'd be interested to see what you all think are the 10 best pure magic books from an instructional perspective.T hanks TE] [/QUOTE] 10 "A Pictorial History of Conjurers in the Theater" by Dave Price ( A pretty well detailed book of 20th century professional magic...we have to know where we've been to see where we going) 9-"Great Illusions of Magic" by Byron Wells...much knowledge of clasic illusions. 8- 8-8- "Greater Magic" by Hilliar ( general magic) 7-Tarbell Course of Magic Vol 1-8 (general magic) 6-"Rice Encyclopedia of Silk Magic" Vol 1-4 (More silk magic than you can do in a lifetime) 5-"Magick" by Bascombn Jones ( Mentalism ) 4-"David Roth's Expert Card Magic" by Richard Kaufman ( Coins, coins and more coins, great ) 3-"Vernon Chronicles" by Cervon/Minch Vol 1-4 ( 20 century card mgic by someone who saw most of it) 2-"Card College" by Robert Giobbi Vol. 1 - 5 ( Learn everything in these and you'll be a card star )1-Marlo Magazines by Ed Marlo Vol, 1 - 6 ( more card material than you can use in a lifetime maby two. I tried to answer the question as asked by the person who made the post. There were a lot of good books in all the preciding list before mine , full of important books, I think 10 is too few, Maby we need to do as Anneman did in the Jinx with his Five foot self of magic books but that was 60 years ago . Thanks for your indulgence reading this mess....Mike